Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMES (CHILD SEX OFFENDERS) ACT 2005 - SECT 37

    (1)     A registrable offender must—

        (a)     attend, at a relevant time each year, an approved reporting place; and

        (b)     report any changes to the offender's personal details to the chief police officer at the approved reporting place; and

        (c)     if the offender has been in government custody since the offender last reported under this Act—report to the chief police officer details of when and where the custody happened.

Note 1     For the offender's personal details, see s 59.

Note 2     A registrable offender reports in person at a place only if the offender reports by personally attending at the place (see dict, def in person ). However, special provision has been made for young offenders and offenders with a disability (see s 65 and s 66).

Note 3     For approved reporting places, see s 64.

    (2)     This section does not apply if the offender's reporting period has ended before the relevant time for the offender's report in the year.

    (3)     In this section:

"relevant time", in relation to a report by a registrable offender in a year, means before the end of the month in the year when the anniversary of the day the offender first reported under this Act or a corresponding law falls.

Example

J first reported his personal details to the chief police officer on 14 October 2015. J must make a further report of any changes to J's details on or before 31 October 2016, 31 October 2017 (and so on).